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Sod Farming Technology

Van Agen Sod Harvesting Technology

The Van Agens’ using a walk behind sod cutter circa 1950’s. This was considered “cutting edge” technology at that time.

The next technological advances were sod harvesters attached to tractors. This is a three man job requiring one driver and two men on the back to stack the sod onto pallets. Each roll of sod is hand loaded onto a pallet or truck. New pallets are loaded manually once it is fully stacked. These machines are still in use.